Reflecting safety device



Marr 17, 1942. c v, REITMAN 2,276,592

REFLECTING SAFETY DEVICE Filed Deo. 28, 19579 Patented Mar. 17, 1942UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 2,276,592 REFLECTING SAFETY DEVICE Clara V.Reitman, Chicago, lll.

Application December 28, 1939, Serial No. 311,331

2 Claims.

This invention relates to appliances intended for attachment to apersons clothing and of such nature that the driver of an approachingvehicle will receive a warning signal through the illumination of thedevice by light from the headlights of his own vehicle striking thedevice tand reflected back to the driver.

The main object of this invention is to provide an improved form andarrangement of such safety signal device and particularly as regards themeans for attaching it to an article of clothing and the like; toprovide attaching means of this kind for securely holding the reflectingdevice in an appropriate position on the garment regardless of whetherthat garment be made of textile material or of fur or leather, or othermaterial that might be injured by attaching means that necessitate theperforating of the material; and to provide a simple and proved form ofattaching means capable of securing a device of this kind in identicalplaces on the wearers garment either by means of a stick pin or a claspthat may be used selectively and are coextensive with each other andwith respect to the body of the device.

A specific embodiment of this invention is illustrated in theaccompanying drawing, in which,

Figures 1, 2, 3 and 4 illustrate the application of the device tovarious uses to which it is adapted.

Fig. 5 is a rear face view of the device illustrating the arrangement ofits attaching means.

Fig. 6 is a perspective view showing the pin and clasp both standingopen.

Fig. 7 is a side elevation showing the manner in which the device may beapplied to a textile garment.

Fig. 8 is a similar view showing the application of the device to a furgarment.

Fig. 9 is a detail of the blank from which the clasp is formed.

In the form shown in the drawing, the device comprises a body I ofapproximately elliptical or round-ended oblong formand having its frontface equipped with suitable light-reflecting areas 2 which'may be in theusual button form, being made of appropriate transparent material with aspheroidal front face 3 and an internal surface 4 made up of amultiplicity of small areas inclined to each other so that light, asfrom an automobile headlight, will cause the button to appearbrilliantly illuminated to the eye of an I observer in the vicinity ofthe headlight. Such flector button is not a limitation of the presentinvention, but an example thereof that is appropriate for use in thepresent invention may be found in Patent No. 1,807,350 issued to J. C.Stimson May 26, 1931.

On the rear face of the body; that is, the face that is turned towardthe garment I provide a -stick pin 5 that is pivoted in a clevis 6adjacent one end of the body I and extends centrally along the bodylthroughout'. the greater part of its length. Adjacent the opposite endof the body is `a keeper 1 for securing the point end of the stick suchmanner as to securely grip a part of a garment that is interposedbetween them.

The arm II is provided with a spring tongue I2 that extends centrally'beyond the axis of the pivots I3 and cooperates with an abutment I4formed o'n the clevis member, of which the lugs are a part. The heightof -the lug I4 being sufcient to properly ex the spring I2 so as toapply an appropriate gripping pressure between the body and the arm II.The arm is also equipped with prongs I5 directed toward the body and forengagement with the material of the garment, as shown in Fig. 8. The armII is provided with a keeper I6 for securing the stick pin 5 whenit liesbehind the arm Il. as

for example, when it is engaged with a textile,

garment as shown in Fig. '7. This keeper I6 is also provided with therotary latching element I1. The latch arm II is slotted at I8 to definethe spring tongue I2 and the adjacent parts of the latch plate arereinforced with stiffening ribs I9 and 20.

II; will be seen from Fig. 6 that the clasp arm Il and` the stick pin 5are so disposed that throughout the greater part of their respectivelengths they may lie along the body I coextensively with each other andthat either may overlie the other according to which one is to be putinto use. It is especially desirable that the device be capable of beingapplied to the sleeve of a garment in the position in which it is shownin Figs. 1, 2 and 3. When it is applied in this position it isespecially appropriate for use by a pedestrian when crossing a line oftrafc, because it is then at the right height and right position to beilluminated in an eiiective automobile. It it is attached to a textilegar-` ment, the pin 5 is lifted as shown in Fig. 6, and

the clasp arm il is allowed to lie against the A body I as inFiget'hwith the stick pin overlying it. Then the stick pin is insertedthrough the material of the garment as shown in Fig. '7 and locked bythe keeper I8.

In other situations, as for example, when the device is to be attachedto a fur garment that would be injured by the stick pin, the pin is laidagainst the body i and fastened by the keeper 1 and the clasp arm Il isemployed for securing the device to the garment. In this case the prongsI5 engage the lining of the garment and the tension of the spring I2holds the device safely in position.

Although-but one speciiic embodiment of this invention is herein shownand described, it will be seen that numerous details may be altered oromitted without departing from the spirit of this invention as dened bythe following claims.

I claim:

1. A light reecting safety device, comprising a body in the form of abrooch having on one face a suitable.medium for reecting light from ofsaid clasp member various angles back toward its source, and havingbehind said ,face a clasp member hinged at one end of said brooch andextending toward the other end, a stick pin member mounted adjacent saidother end of said body and extending toward said one end, said membersbeing formed and arranged to permit either to extend over the outside ofthe other, and a keeper on the outside engageable with said stick pinmember.

2. A light reflecting safety device, comprising a body in the form of abrooch having on one face a suitable medium for reecting light fromvarious angles back toward its source, and having behind said face aclasp member hinged at one end of said brooch and extending toward theother end, a stick pin member mounted adjacent said other end of saidbody and extending toward said one end, la spring normally urging saidclasp into clamping relation to said body, said members being formed andarranged to permit either to extendover the outside of the other, and akeeper on the outside of said clasp member`engageable with said stickpin member.

CLARA V. REITMAN.

